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Issue 21
9th
November 2009
C&I Magazine
C&I MagazineThe leading source of news and opinion in the arena of chemical technology
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Confirmation of the synthesis of the elusive pentazole molecule, of interest for its possible role in future rocket propellants, has come almost a decade after it was made, writes Richard Butler
News
Vidya Krishnan,
09/11/2009
The turf war between the Indian
health ministry and office of the drug
controller general of India (DCGI)
rages on after the health ministry ‘put
on hold’ the directives issued by the
DCGI withdrawing powers from state
governments to issue Certificates
of Pharmaceutical Products (CoPP)
– the export quality licence drug
manufacturers require to sell their
drugs to overseas buyers.
Stuart Todd,
09/11/2009
French President Nicolas Sarkozy has
announced a series of measures to
facilitate the development of France’s
pharmaceuticals sector, including
the setting up of an investment
fund, InnoBio, totalling more than
€130m, to finance the development
of healthcare-related biotechnology.
Features
Hugh Constable,
09/11/2009
One of the UK’s biggest energy consumers, Ineos Chlor has improved energy
effi ciency by almost a fi fth over the past decade, writes Hugh Constable
Lou Reade,
09/11/2009
Solar power is on the rise. In 2008, the amount
of energy generated by solar cells rose by 80%.
Editor's Blog
Toxic Oscars
In the run up to the recent Oscar awards ceremony, the environmental group Californians for a Healthy & Green Economy (CHANGE) held its ‘tongue-in-cheek ceremony, ‘The Toxies’, in Los Angeles for so-called ‘bad actor’ chemicals, featuring actors playing the various chemicals collecting the awards.
The event was staged at the Egyptian Theatre on Hollywood Boulevard, Los Angeles, to promote and support California’s green chemistry initiative. The initiative originated in legislation passed in 2008, giving the state authority to create a comprehensive list of chemicals used and sold in California, and seeks to replace potentially dangerous chemicals with safe and sustainable alternatives.